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there were special funding, some of which was used by governor sharzai at here's in con da -- kandahar for his own projects. it was close to the border in an area where there was taliban infiltration. atta in the north, of course, initially came to power through that process, but then the north became relatively stable and the international military presence there was a provincial recon strung team which -- reconstruction team which was head by the british and then -- the organizer of the international military mission. can you describe how each of them related to the international military, how they used it politically? in dealing with the rivals and central government, that relationship with us was also very important. >> guest: yes. for sharzai the relationship with the americans is absolutely central to understanding his story. a lot of people said to me over the years, shari was really not a major until the americans saw something -- a major player until the americans saw something in him and connected with him and afforded him an opportunity to take power in kandahar, and then al
there were special funding, some of which was used by governor sharzai at here's in con da -- kandahar for his own projects. it was close to the border in an area where there was taliban infiltration. atta in the north, of course, initially came to power through that process, but then the north became relatively stable and the international military presence there was a provincial recon strung team which -- reconstruction team which was head by the british and then -- the organizer of the...
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i even heard, i talk to people in kandahar who said they were long lines of people coming out, people who didn't want to vote five years ago because they're so disillusioned with the security situation, with karzai, with the way the country was going. they did come out this time. so that was good but at the same time we had obviously dreadful things happen, and, of course, many of you might of heard two of our journalist colleagues got shot the day before the elections. kathy survived but the other died. that was in a pushtan an area where obviously security is not 100% and they went to see how the election would go, we people turnout, which people be too intimidated by taliban, or would there be fraud in a vacuum. so that was the great fear. i think what i'm hearing since the election is it wasn't -- ana was a big success in the main cities. a lot of people really showed i think they believe in the way forward is a democracy. it's quite new to afghans but they really are embracing it, but we are doing also there was intimidation and places where people didn't come out and vote becaus
i even heard, i talk to people in kandahar who said they were long lines of people coming out, people who didn't want to vote five years ago because they're so disillusioned with the security situation, with karzai, with the way the country was going. they did come out this time. so that was good but at the same time we had obviously dreadful things happen, and, of course, many of you might of heard two of our journalist colleagues got shot the day before the elections. kathy survived but the...
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richard engel has been reporting on a school in kandahar directly affected by the u.s. aid. richard, what is happening to this program for girls? >> reporter: well, this program, it's the kandahar institute for modern studies and has about 1600 students, it's a vocational school and has young men and young women. and for the young women in particular, it is unique because there is no other place like it in kandahar where women can learn computer skills and language skills and connected via skype to professors and graduate students all over the world. this school has been operated since 2002. it has changed hundreds if not thousands of lives for young women. it has been a way for them to get out of a very restrictive confined society. in many cases the women had to have enormous conflicts with their husbands and families and sometimes these women were beaten befofor going to school. as u.s. troops are being brought out of this country, as they go, the money is going with them. and this institute and many other institutes have lost their funding and we spoke to the school's di
richard engel has been reporting on a school in kandahar directly affected by the u.s. aid. richard, what is happening to this program for girls? >> reporter: well, this program, it's the kandahar institute for modern studies and has about 1600 students, it's a vocational school and has young men and young women. and for the young women in particular, it is unique because there is no other place like it in kandahar where women can learn computer skills and language skills and connected...
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afghans are determined to take part even in kandahar, the spiritual home of the taliban who threaten to disrupt the process. but they haven't succeeded. crowds have turned out despite the risk for every candidate who has come here. this time it's a big rally for ash rid ghani afraid sy, former finance minister and world bank official. but in this pes tune stronghold he's emphasizing his tribal credentials. he's pandering peace to an area that's seen some of the worst fighting. but why would the taliban want to talk? >> the national forces are not here in the kind of numbers that made them doubtful that they will ever leave. we have succeeded at the military transition. we have brought about a massive participation of the public in this election. democratic process is gaining ground and working. so the mandate that we will have is a very different mandate. >> reporter: we drive north of kabul to a rally for a candidate who believes the best people to run afghanistan are the men who fought its worse. he's an islamist scholar, one of the most notorious warlords. in the past decade he's
afghans are determined to take part even in kandahar, the spiritual home of the taliban who threaten to disrupt the process. but they haven't succeeded. crowds have turned out despite the risk for every candidate who has come here. this time it's a big rally for ash rid ghani afraid sy, former finance minister and world bank official. but in this pes tune stronghold he's emphasizing his tribal credentials. he's pandering peace to an area that's seen some of the worst fighting. but why would the...
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is determining what's going on in in kandahar and it was awful province that is really hardly an afghan that it goes and and while there are elements of truth in all these knits that the afghans in the and have really resisted very much foreign domination for a long time and to get something that i think the neighbors are very aware of and so they each and tempt you. i insinuate themselves as much as possible to gain as much ability to influence. no mention of an arranger modi the bjp leader in india it would have an impact on the chemist i think it i think that the point that down the cormorants this is the right wanted to be a lot depends on whether or not military he were to come back and seventy continued his military that would make pakistan during and after and they would perhaps need to match her feel feel that they were something dangerous. and at the same thing at the prahran market contributed to my neighbors are not are not at peace with each other. when you last couple. the assignment. you are different for me is the city was always there for four years and i was there anoth
is determining what's going on in in kandahar and it was awful province that is really hardly an afghan that it goes and and while there are elements of truth in all these knits that the afghans in the and have really resisted very much foreign domination for a long time and to get something that i think the neighbors are very aware of and so they each and tempt you. i insinuate themselves as much as possible to gain as much ability to influence. no mention of an arranger modi the bjp leader in...
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though yesterday you had a campaign rally in kandahar. from all the candidates, he had the biggest turnout. which means that he has the biggest rally in kandahar. which is a bit surprising for everybody. to zalmai rassoul, he is considered a very weak person, not only him but the vice president he has. his second vice president used to be a governor. it will help him to secure some votes of women. as entire team is seen as, we say in afghanistan, a just saying team. whatever karzai says. >> i just want to follow up on something general allen set. this is an excellent analysis. i went to tee up one issue. president karzai is still 70% popular in afghanistan. he is not 70% popular in washington, but he is 70% popular in afghanistan. i'm trying to think through this question ron and i were focusing on. what are rassoul's real prospects? there is a certain undercurrent that if rassoul wins, it must mean something was fraudulent. i want to push back a little and ask you the following. isn't it possible that because afghans doi's guy, not mind
though yesterday you had a campaign rally in kandahar. from all the candidates, he had the biggest turnout. which means that he has the biggest rally in kandahar. which is a bit surprising for everybody. to zalmai rassoul, he is considered a very weak person, not only him but the vice president he has. his second vice president used to be a governor. it will help him to secure some votes of women. as entire team is seen as, we say in afghanistan, a just saying team. whatever karzai says....
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and to taleban stronghold of kandahar. it is here which opponents of the people are not scared of anyone. we will die one day anyway. voting is the only way to choose our future enemies straight. one of the major success stories of the day with the keys turned eight. the new boards is particularly keen to hear it is a content page in the country's violent history elected to call it the more security and less corruption the first round results will be in for months to come we'll talk with the dt is mostly cuts regional correspondent his bowling events from islamabad. he tells us now what would you read into this high turnouts in this election is now in stock. the turnout has been remarkable and therefore so are getting from the election commission say that estimates put in around seven point five million people of okinawa to war to that of made in hven which is made u much a significant rise from t lti it was oy the four point fiv million billbs i thousand o the these elections of eighteen portends for the word and for the
and to taleban stronghold of kandahar. it is here which opponents of the people are not scared of anyone. we will die one day anyway. voting is the only way to choose our future enemies straight. one of the major success stories of the day with the keys turned eight. the new boards is particularly keen to hear it is a content page in the country's violent history elected to call it the more security and less corruption the first round results will be in for months to come we'll talk with the dt...
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a lot of that in province where is the taliban still holds sway in kandahar. but by far the majority of polling stations were open. they have closed and the election commissioner has just told us that voting has now counted. the votes will be counted at those polling station where is people cast their votes and they'll transfer ultimately to kabul. and it will be another four or five days before we get a preliminary result of who the winners are expected to be. >> bernard. thank you for that update. bernard smith speaking to us from kabul. >>> neighboring pakistan has shut all border crossings into afghanistan until the conclusion of the ballot. the closures are aimed at boosting security. pakistan spy agency rejected allegations that it organized attacks on election officials. more than a million afghan refugees live across the border in pakistan, and they're not allowed to vote in this election. we spoke to a few of them. >> reporter: it's another day of life at the refugee camp just on the outskirts of the city. most of the refugees have been living in this
a lot of that in province where is the taliban still holds sway in kandahar. but by far the majority of polling stations were open. they have closed and the election commissioner has just told us that voting has now counted. the votes will be counted at those polling station where is people cast their votes and they'll transfer ultimately to kabul. and it will be another four or five days before we get a preliminary result of who the winners are expected to be. >> bernard. thank you for...
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there's an american guarantee that the taliban is never able to come back to major population centers in kandahar, southern afghanistan. you also want an american presence because it's from the u.s. bases in afghanistan that we were able to get bin laden and conduct vital counter- terrorism operations and make sure it doesn't become again the locus of international terrorism directed at europe and the west. >> peter, a lot of people on the left don't feel like obama is -- sort of reneging on a kind of commitment to end wars and things like that. what do you think? >> no, i don't think so. i think what most americans care about is what you said. no americans have died in afghanistan, iraq. when you think about what happened at ft. hood, it's not just the number of americans who die but the extraordinary number of americans who are injured both in body and soul in terms of post-traumatic stress disorder. that's one of the major accomplishments of president obama as president. he said he was going to do it. he's doing it. it's been pretty clear, not that controversial domestically that he's moving t
there's an american guarantee that the taliban is never able to come back to major population centers in kandahar, southern afghanistan. you also want an american presence because it's from the u.s. bases in afghanistan that we were able to get bin laden and conduct vital counter- terrorism operations and make sure it doesn't become again the locus of international terrorism directed at europe and the west. >> peter, a lot of people on the left don't feel like obama is -- sort of reneging...
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when you have bases with as many as 30,000 people, bagram and kandahar, the two largest. is as muchse bases an operational commitment to keep the logistics platform relevant to the campaign as it is simply closing the base itself. he is roger grading the excess is retrograde and the excess material that has been accumulating for over a decade. when i took control, we found we had 60,000 excess armored vehicles and 100,000 shipping containers will spare parts. he has been working to move that out of the theater as quickly as he can. the third part is sending home the troops and their organizational equipment. advise, assist, and support. the retrograde enterprise. the third area is a transfer of tasks. on any given day, the isdquarters of isaf undertaking several hundred different tasks in the execution and accomplishment of the mission of this campaign. as time goes on and as isaf continues the process of moving towards the completion of its mission, those tasks will have to go somewhere. many will be completed and that will be the end of that. a number will transfer dire
when you have bases with as many as 30,000 people, bagram and kandahar, the two largest. is as muchse bases an operational commitment to keep the logistics platform relevant to the campaign as it is simply closing the base itself. he is roger grading the excess is retrograde and the excess material that has been accumulating for over a decade. when i took control, we found we had 60,000 excess armored vehicles and 100,000 shipping containers will spare parts. he has been working to move that...